Difference between Trammel and Hamper

What is the difference between Trammel and Hamper?

Trammel as a noun is something that impedes activity, freedom, or progress. while Hamper as a noun is a large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals; as,

Trammel

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that impedes activity, freedom, or progress.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To entangle, as in a net. To hamper.

Hamper

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put into a hamper.To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals; as,A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

Example sentence: Obama's tenure had more dirty linen then Charlie Sheen's hamper.

We hope you now know whether to use Trammel or Hamper in your sentence.

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